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PC Perspectivehttp://www.pcper.com/images/podcast-logo-600x600.pngenOf ASRock's consistency and an Extreme X79 motherboardhttp://www.pcper.com/news/Motherboards/ASRocks-consistency-and-Extreme-X79-motherboard
<p>[H]ard|OCP&nbsp;starts out their review of the ASRock X79 Extreme4 with a tale of two motherboards and the quality issues that they discovered.&nbsp; &nbsp;In part it is a warning and in part it offers contrast to the decent quality of the review model that they received.&nbsp; The board did display a few minor problems during testing, which prompted [H] to caution anyone picking this or any other ASRock board that they may need to deal with the RMA process.&nbsp; Assuming you get a working board the Extreme4 offers a great experience for you.&nbsp; The two PCIe 16x slots and single 8x slot are all PCIe 2.0 which may disappoint some who plan on upgrading their CPU&nbsp;or installing a PCIe SSD&nbsp;card.&nbsp; Apart from those two main issues, <a href="http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/01/12/asrock_x79_extreme4_lga_2011_motherboard_review">[H] were quite happy with this board</a>. </p>
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<blockquote><p>&quot;After the last couple of ASRock boards, I wasn&rsquo;t sure if I ever wanted to see another one. The ASRock X79 Extreme4 not only surpassed my admittedly low expectations, but proved to be the exact opposite of the last two motherboards. Grab a sandwich and read on. You don&rsquo;t want to miss this one.&quot;</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/news/Motherboards/ASRocks-consistency-and-Extreme-X79-motherboard" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/news/Motherboards/ASRocks-consistency-and-Extreme-X79-motherboard#commentsMotherboardsasrocklga2011sandy bridge-ex79X79 Extreme4Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:21:38 +0000Jeremy Hellstrom53275 at http://www.pcper.com